The Feed | |
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Genre | News and light entertainment program |
Presented by | Marc Fennell Patrick Abboud Jeanette Francis |
Country of origin | Australia |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 4 |
No. of episodes | 586 (as of 9 June 2016) |
Production | |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Release | |
Original network | SBS2 |
Picture format | 576i (SDTV) |
Audio format | Stereo |
Original release | 20 May 2013 – present |
External links | |
Website |
The Feed is an Australian news, current affairs, and comedy television series[1] that began airing on SBS2 on May 20, 2013 and plays Monday to Thursday evenings at 7.30pm.[2] A compilation show airs every Friday as the "Friday Feed" in the same timeslot of 7.30pm. It is currently presented by Marc Fennell, Patrick Abboud and Jeanette Francis.[3]
Broadcast History
The Feed was created by producers Nick Hayden and Lanneke Hargreaves and season one began airing in 2013 with presenters Patrick Abboud,[4] Marc Fennell, Jeanette Francis and Andy Park with 15 minute episodes for the first year. The series episodes were extended for following seasons to a full half an hour segment,[5] with a mix of in-depth features, news headlines and comedy skits. Several guests presenters have appeared on The Feed including Lee Lin Chin,[6] Dan Ilic, Kirsten Drysdale, Lawrence Leung, Good Game's Michael Hing, Mark Humphries,[7] and others. Chris Leben serves as the head comedy writer for the series and is a co-creater on their comedy pilot, The Weekend Shift.[8] In 2015, Andy Park departed the show to become a reporter on ABC's 7.30 current affairs show. As of 2016, The Feed has been co-hosted on air by Marc Fennell[9] and Jeanette Francis.
Awards
In 2015, The Feed was nominated for a Logie Award in the Most Outstanding Public Affairs Report category for their story 'Ice Towns'.[10] In 2016, Lee Lin Chin was nominated for the Gold and Silver Logie Awards[11] for her work on the series and on SBS World News.[12]
External links
References
- ^ The Feed, 2013-05-20, retrieved 2016-06-09
- ^ "Latest News | TV | Weird News | The Feed | SBS". News. Retrieved 2016-06-09.
- ^ "Marc Fennell". Marc Fennell. Retrieved 2016-06-09.
- ^ "Patrick Abboud's new chapter". www.starobserver.com.au. Retrieved 2016-06-09.
- ^ "TV previews, Monday February 8". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2016-06-09.
- ^ "Lee Lin Chin denies she was drunkenly carried from Logies after party". Mail Online. Retrieved 2016-06-09.
- ^ "Mark Humphries". IMDb. Retrieved 2016-06-09.
- ^ "24 Hours With... Chris Leben, head comedy writer for The Feed on SBS - Mumbrella". Mumbrella. 2016-05-06. Retrieved 2016-06-09.
- ^ "Someone's Chronicling The Outfits Marc Fennell Wears On The Feed". Pedestrian.TV. Retrieved 2016-06-09.
- ^ The Feed, 2013-05-20, retrieved 2016-06-09
- ^ "Logies 2016: Waleed Aly and Lee Lin Chin are ruffling feathers because they don't follow the rules". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2016-06-09.
- ^ "Lee Lin Chin's 10-year-old date to the Logies said he was a winner on night of nights".